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妊
妊
See also: 姙
Translingual
Han character
妊 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女竹土 (VHG), four-corner 42414, composition ⿰女壬)
References
- KangXi: page 256, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6072
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1031, character 6
- Unihan data for U+598A
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 妊 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (壬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 紝 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms | 
| 鵀 | *nɯm, *njɯm, *njɯms | 
| 拰 | *nɯmʔ | 
| 賃 | *nɯms | 
| 任 | *njɯm, *njɯms | 
| 壬 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm | 
| 恁 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ | 
| 銋 | *njɯm, *njɯmʔ | 
| 荏 | *njɯmʔ | 
| 餁 | *njɯmʔ | 
| 栠 | *njɯmʔ | 
| 袵 | *njɯmʔ | 
| 飪 | *njɯmʔ | 
| 妊 | *njɯms | 
| 衽 | *njɯms | 
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: jên4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
- IPA (key): /ʐən⁵¹/
 
 
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
-  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+- Jyutping: jam6, jam4
- Yale: yahm, yàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam6, jam4
- IPA (key): /jɐm²²/, /jɐm²¹/
 
 
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
-  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm
- Tâi-lô: jīm
- Phofsit Daibuun: jim
- IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑim²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑim⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑim²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑim³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑim³³/
 
 
-  (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 妊 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) | 
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | 
| Openness (開合) | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | 
| Fanqie | 汝鴆切 | 
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiɪmH/ | 
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵimH/ | 
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjemH/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵimH/ | 
| Li Rong | /ȵiəmH/ | 
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭĕmH/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯əmH/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rèn | 
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 妊 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| No. | 10822 | 
| Phonetic component | 壬 | 
| Rime group | 侵 | 
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 
| Corresponding MC rime | 妊 | 
| Old Chinese | /*njɯms/ | 
Definitions
妊
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Japanese
Kanji
妊
- pregnancy
Readings
Korean
Hanja
妊 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune-Reischauer im)
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Vietnamese
Han character
妊 (nhâm)
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